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Lippitt, March 13, 1862
Fort Humboldt Fort Humboldt, March 13, 1862. CAPTAIN: The design of Special Orders, No. 33, is to charge you with the protection of the district of country therein defined, although…
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Letters about 1862
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John A. Rawlins to In Charge of Mails for General Grant's Army, December 12, 1862
Corinth, Miss., December 12, 1862. You will proceed, in command of two regiments of infantry in wagons, one section of artillery, and cavalry, south, if practicable, as far as Tupelo.…
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Unknown to R. Drum, U.s. Army, March 11, 1862
Camp Drum, near San Pedro, Cal. Camp Drum, near San Pedro, Cal., March 11, 1862. Maj. R. ©. DRUM, U.S. Army, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: Inclosed herewith please…
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Wright, March 10, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, March 10, 1862. No. 39. f i San Francisco, Cal., March 10, 1862. 1. As soon as the weather will permit, Maj.…
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John A. McClernand to Samuel R. Curtis, Saint Louis, December 12, 1862
Springfield, Ill., December 12, 1862. Hon. BE. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: If the recent victory achieved by our arms at Prairie Grove, Ark., is as decisive as reported, why…
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Unknown to Lorenzo Thomas, March 10, 1862
SALEM, OREG. SALEM, OREG., March 10, 1862. General L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington City, D. C.: SIR: Your communication of January 4, 1862, in which you request me…
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John A. McClernand to Abraham Lincoln, December 12, 1862
Springfield, Ill., December 12, 1862. His Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Since my return here on the 25th October last, and receipt of orders to assist the Governors of Illinois, Indiana, and…
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Lippitt, March 8, 1862
Fort Humboldt Fort Humboldt, March 8, 1862. You are charged by the colonel commanding the Military District of Humboldt with the establishment of a new post on the northerly side…
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Wright to R. Drum, March 8, 1862
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, March 8, 1862. No. 8. } San Francisco, Cal., March 8, 1862. I. The public interest requires that all officers and soldiers…
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John A. Rawlins to Ulysses S. Grant, December 11, 1862
Washington, December 11, 1862. Brigadier-General ELLET, Cairo, Ill. : General Grant has been ordered to assign Company K, Highteenth Illinois, to the ram fleet. Communicate with him in regard to…